Tamil Nadu lost the semifinal of ongoing Ranji Trophy to Mumbai by an innings and 70 runs. After the loss, the coach Sulakshan Kulkarni made a pretty blunt analysis blaming the decision of the captain Sai Kishore at the toss as a reason for the crushing defeat.
Shreyas Iyer didn't do most with the opportunity he had in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu in Mumbai. Iyer, who was dropped from India's Test squad in the middle of the England series, was left out of the BCCI's central contract list.
Mumbai pacers Tushar Deshpande and Shardul Thakur shone early to bowl out Tamil Nadu to 146 in their first innings on Day 1 at Bandra Kurla Complex. Avesh Khan picked a four-wicket haul for Madhya Pradesh to bowl out Vidarbha 170 in the first semifinal game in Nagpur.
Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh will clash in the first semifinal in Nagpur while Ajinkya Rahane-led Mumbai will take on Sai Kishore-led Tamil Nadu in the high-voltage second semifinal game at home starting on March 2.
Ashok Menaria-led Haryana cricket team continued its unbeaten run in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy and qualified for their first-ever final. Haryana beat Tamil Nadu by 63 runs in the semi-final in Rajkot after Himanshu Rana's sensational ton and Anshul Kamboj's four-wicket haul.
Sai Sudharsan scored a century on his debut in the Ranji Trophy last year and has scored 598 runs in 8 first-class matches.
Youngster Shubham Arora came out all guns blazing with his maiden List A century as Himachal downed five-time champions Tamil Nadu under the VJD method to win their first ever domestic one-day championship.
Both Saurashtra and TN made it to the last four in convincing fashion. While the southern outfit thrashed arch-rivals Karnataka by 151 runs, Saurashtra slayed Vidarbha by seven wickets.
The TN bowlers backed skipper Vijay Shankar's decision to field first as they bundled out the hitherto unbeaten Hyderabad for 90 in 18.3 overs with only Tanay Thyagarajan (25 off 24 balls) reached double figures.
Contributions from B Sai Sudharsan (46, 31 balls), captain Vijay Shankar (33, 26 balls) and R Sanjay Yadav (32, 22 balls) helped the defending champions chase down Kerala's 181 for 4 in 20 overs.
The left-handed pacer said he also wanted to play in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Tamil Nadu but Indian cricket board (BCCI) urged him to rest after a gruelling Australia series.
The 51-year old Vasu replaces former India all-rounder Hrishikesh Kanitkar, whose stint as the team coach ended earlier this year after the team bowed out of the Ranji Trophy in the preliminary stage.
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